Repeated Concussions: Time to Spur Action Among Vulnerable Veterans

The Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Honorable Robert McDonald recently pledged to donate his brain for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) research. Citing exposures to football, rugby, boxing, and paratrooper escapades as an army ranger, Secretary McDonald sugg...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 106; no. 8; pp. 1366 - 1368
Main Authors Uchendu, Uchenna S, Omalu, Bennet I, Cifu, David X, Egede, Leonard E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.08.2016
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Brain research
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Concussion
Cultural differences
Editorials
Epidemiology
Football
Health Administration
Health Policy
Health Service Delivery
Hispanic people
Hospital administration
Military service
Mortality
Neurodegeneration
Other Chronic Disease
Pathology
Persian Gulf War
Post traumatic stress disorder
Public health
Screening
Traumatic brain injury
Veterans
United States > US
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Summary:The Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Honorable Robert McDonald recently pledged to donate his brain for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) research. Citing exposures to football, rugby, boxing, and paratrooper escapades as an army ranger, Secretary McDonald suggested that his brain could add to the body of knowledge on the effect of repeated concussions. In the meantime, work is under way to make the connections between the CTE postmortem diagnosis and the clinical findings while people are alive. Such knowledge is expected to positively impact medical management for people at risk and inform necessary policies, preventive actions, and health equity issues.
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Note. The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any of the institutions/organizations affiliated with any of the authors.
All authors contributed equally to this editorial.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303293